Posts by yorkshire reporter

West Yorkshire’s bus users can now save as much as £1.70 per journey when they top up their Pink MCard with Bus DaySavers in advance.  MCard’s decision to freeze Bus DaySaver ticket prices means passengers can take advantage of unlimited all-day any-bus travel throughout West Yorkshire for just £5. When…

Work has started on the next stage of a major scheme to reduce the risk of flooding in Leeds. Construction on the second phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme will see flood defences being built on the River Aire upstream of Leeds Station as part of a catchmentwide approach…

Senior councillors have approved plans to cut the council’s carbon footprint by more than half following the local authority’s climate emergency declaration last year.  The new proposals mean that Leeds City Council will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from 70,000 to 31,000 tonnes by 2025, in line with science-based carbon…

Leeds’s coolest wintertime attraction at Millennium square has returned celebrating its 20th anniversary. Open until Sunday, February 23, Ice Cube will give visitors a chance to whizz around the ice under a specially covered outdoor real ice rink complete with a transparent marquee style roof. The attraction’s penguin club on…